<st class="chapnum"><wd>July</wd> <wd>6</wd> </st>
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<st class="chaptitle"><wd>Make</wd> <wd>a</wd> <wd>kid</wd> <wd>feel</wd> <wd>stupid</wd> <wd>and</wd> <wd>he’ll</wd> <wd>act</wd> <wd>stupider.</wd> </st>
<tp><st class="chaptitle2"><wd>John</wd> <wd>Holt</wd> </st>
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<p><st><wd>“You’re</wd> <wd>dumb...."</wd> </st>
<st><wd>“You’re</wd> <wd>so</wd> <wd>stupid...."</wd> </st>
<st><wd>“You</wd> <wd>never</wd> <wd>do</wd> <wd>anything</wd> <wd>right...."</wd> </st>
<st><wd>What</wd> <wd>can</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>do</wd> <wd>when</wd> <wd>someone</wd> <wd>puts</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>down?</wd> <SUP class="li">(1)</SUP> </st>
<st><wd>You</wd> <wd>can</wd> <wd>say,</wd> </st>
<st><wd>“I</wd> <wd>don’t</wd> <wd>like</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>be</wd> <wd>talked</wd> <wd>to</wd> <wd>in</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>way.”</wd> </st>
<st><wd>Then</wd> <wd>walk</wd> <wd>away.</wd> </st>
<st><wd>What</wd> <wd>if</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>can’t</wd> <wd>say</wd> <wd>anything</wd> <wd>or</wd> <wd>walk</wd> <wd>away?</wd> <SUP class="li">(2)</SUP> </st>
<st><wd>Try</wd> <wd>positive</wd> <wd>self-talk.</wd> </st>
<st><wd>Tell</wd> <wd>yourself,</wd> </st>
<st><wd>“This</wd> <wd>person</wd> <wd>is</wd> <wd>wrong.</wd> </st>
<st><wd>My</wd> <wd>opinion</wd> <wd>of</wd> <wd>myself</wd> <wd>is</wd> <wd>the</wd> <wd>only</wd> <wd>one</wd> <wd>that</wd> <wd>matters.”</wd> </st>
<st><wd>No</wd> <wd>one</wd> <wd>can</wd> <wd>make</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>feel</wd> <wd>stupid</wd> <wd>unless</wd> <wd>you</wd> <wd>let</wd> <wd>them.</wd> </st>
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<st class="chaptitle3"><wd>Today</wd> </st>
<st class="chaptitle4"><wd>I</wd> <wd>won’t</wd> <wd>let</wd> <wd>anyone</wd> <wd>make</wd> <wd>me</wd> <wd>feel</wd> <wd>stupid.</wd> </st>
